Our recipe also calls for Worcestershire sauce and nutritious spices like paprika that give the dish a zesty kick. Simply throw together these clean, wholesome ingredients and allow the appliance to work its magic. The dish serves as an ultra-satisfying, incredibly simple meal. We promise that it will become a new family favorite. As a bonus, stews are a snap to store overnight or freeze for days, so stock up!

Whisk flour, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Dredge the beef cubes in the flour mixture.

Place half the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place half of beef cubes into the skillet and cook on all sides, for about 30 seconds per side, or until golden. Do not cook the meat through, just brown the outside. Remove and set aside. Add the rest of the oil and the remaining beef cubes and repeat.

Add meat pieces to the slow cooker along with the drippings. Add onions, potatoes, worcestershire sauce, and can of diced tomatoes with juice.

Stir balsamic vinegar along with broth, garlic, oregano, paprika, and bay leaf, and add in. Cover and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours or low for 8 to 10 hours. Stir well.

Note: For a thicker stew, combine 2 tablespoons flour with 1 tablespoon softened butter. Add and stir to the stew about 15 minutes before serving.

Here I am at work on the graveyard shift, starving, didn’t bring my lunch and the hospital cafeteria leaves a lot to be desired. Do you know how hard it is for me to see these pictures of this fabulous stew?? Will for sure make this on my next day off!

This can be cooked on the stove top in about 2 hours. Bring the stew to a boil and reduce to simmer and cover. Simmer until the beef and veggies are tender! Stir frequently, the stew is more likely to burn on the bottom when cooked on the stove. I recommend using a dutch oven, if you have one. Otherwise any old soup pot will work!

Your finished stew should be nice and thick. If it’s too runny for your preference, mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 3 tablespoons cold water. Stir into the hot stew and cook for another 15 minutes or so on high in the slow cooker. You can repeat the process if needed. Another option is to remove a few of the potatoes, mash them,and return to the stew.

Making this now, and it smells delicious, but not nice and thick like the photo. Mine looks more like a soup with chunks of meat and veggies. I followed all the directions exactly. The photo looks like the stew was made on the stove with a soup pot. If I were to make mine on the stove next time, will it help to make a thick gravy sauce?

This was excellent! I used Venison and it was very tender, I did add a few strips of fatback to bump up the fatty flavor. It made a full 6 qt crockpot full. My neighbor was ill and I gave he and his wife a huge bowl with some rice. Very happy campers 🙂 Oh and the thickener was used and worked perfectly! Thanks!

I would like to add thick sliced steak mushrooms so I’m guessing I’ll add them about half way through the cooking process, correct? Plus I added some purple and yellow carrots. DIVINE, once I added some cornstarch to thicken up a tad it was a knockout! Also doubled the balsamic. Thanks for an amazing recipe!

Made this tonight for the first time and it is so delicious! It’s a 100 degrees today and was told I was crazy making a stew when its this hot but I don’t care! I found your recipe on pintrest. Every 5 recipes I was looking at was this recipe. I said “ok ok I get it I will make you!” I did and now its not showing as much lol. I am glad I made it and will make it again. Thank you for the note about making it thicker. It helped a lot! Thank you for a wonderful recipe!

Hi Jenn! You can make this in an Instant Pot! Instead of using a skillet on the stove, set your Instant Pot to the saute setting to cook the beef. Once browned, add the veggies and cook for 5 minutes. Change the Instant Pot setting to Meat/Stew, add the remaining ingredients, and cook with high pressure for 35 minutes. Let the Instant Pot sit for 10 minutes before releasing the steam and opening the lid.

If thicker stew is needed, follow the directions in the original recipe!

You can make a stew even if you have no beef, you can use wieners, or ground meat in balls, or chicken pieces, to name a few, and it can be delicious! the way I make my stew, in a clean pot or pan, I add the cooking oil, chopped onions, chopped tomato, meat, then cook until the onions are soft and tender, then add potatoes, then add the water not too little water or too much, just the right amount, then add salt and pepper then cook on medium, and check the stew often or it can burn easily, so that is my easy way of making my stew, and of course everyone has their own way, and if any of you want to do like I do, then good luck! and bon appetite!

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